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Coin Type: Silver denarius of Elagabalus, 218-222 CE Mint and Date: Rome, 221-222 CE Size and Weight: 19mm x 17mm, 3.2g Obverse: Draped, laureate, horned bust right. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Reverse: Elagabalus standing right in Syrian priestly robes, sacrificing from patera over flaming tripod altar. Laurel branch in left hand, held downwards. SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG Field marks: Star in l. field Provenance:ancient_coins (eBay), February 2003 Ref: RCV (2002) 7549 variant; RIC IV 147; BMCRE — BW Ref: 011 026 021 |
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| Note: This variant, with the emperor sacrificing to the right, is rare, and is not in the British Museum's collection. I exchanged this coin to Curtis Clay late in 2006 to add to his "not in the BM" collection. One of the two coins I received in exchange is here. | |
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